FEATURE: DRUG-TRAFFICKING How drug smugglers infiltrated a global shipping giant 24-12-2022 09:40 As MSC grew into a dominant force in global trade, it also became a prime drug-trafficking conduit for Balkan gangs.
FEATURE: DRUG-TRAFFICKING Cocaine is flooding into Europe and it's terrorising cities 24-12-2022 08:40 Cocaine often hitches a ride from Latin America in the same ships that carry produce. The drug is swamping Europe, and some communities have been terrorised.
FEATURE: DRUG-TRAFFICKING The golden age of cocaine is happening right now 22-12-2022 14:09 Global fallout from Colombia's cocaine boom is showing up everywhere from the warehouses of Antwerp to coup plots in West Africa, bringing violence, corruption and big profits.
ECUADOR Ecuadorean hate crimes prosecutor murdered 19-09-2022 15:44 Public prosecutor Edgar Escobar gunned down in front of office, the latest in spate of targeted killings.
CRIME & SECURITY Violence-ridden Rosario suffered one murder a day in August 07-09-2022 14:47 Incessant and fatal violence continues in Rosario: crime-ridden city suffered 31 violent killings in August.
CRIME: DRUG-TRAFFICKING Hidrovía del Paraná: the waterway which passes South America’s drugs to Europe 01-09-2022 09:50 Drug authorities last week seized 1.6 tons of cocaine worth approximately US$60 million – one of the largest busts in recent years. The raid, which took place in Rosario, once again highlights the role played by local ports in international drug-trafficking. by Leonardo Nieva
Drug Trafficking Honduras extradites alleged drug matriarch to the US 26-07-2022 16:00 Honduras hands over gang grandame for US trial; sexagenarian Herlinda Bobadilla arrested in mountainous cartel shootout which killed son.
Violence in Prisons 13 inmates killed in fresh fight in Ecuador prison 19-07-2022 16:11 Another bloody Ecuadorian prison fight claims lives, officials confirmed Monday.
FARC Colombian forces kill FARC dissident leader 18-07-2022 14:19 Death of rebel leader Nestor Vera described by Colombian government as “final blow” to FARC.
New Era in Colombia Colombian president-elect proposes 'ceasefire,' talks with ELN 06-07-2022 15:46 Colombia's leftist president-elect Gustavo Petro proposes a "bilateral ceasefire" with the violence-stricken country's last active guerrilla group, the ELN.
Vale do Javari How Brazil's Javari Valley became a criminal haven 14-06-2022 14:18 The Javari Valley is one of the remotest places on Earth, a vast expanse of thick jungle in northwestern Brazil near the Peruvian and Colombian borders. It is also a haven for drug-trafficking and environmental crimes.
Drug Trafficking Paraguay's slow slide into a state held hostage to drug-trafficking 02-06-2022 13:03 The murders of two Paraguayan officials in as many weeks have sent a disturbing signal that parts of the South American country are falling under the influence — and bullets — of organised crime and drug-traffickers.
EDITORIAL Could opium be the opium of the masses? 21-05-2022 06:00 In order to overcome the widespread perception that they are hopelessly abstract, institutions need to establish a connection with current problems and everyday life to become established again.
Drug-trafficking allegations Honduras ex-president Hernández to be extradited to the US over drug-trafficking 28-03-2022 21:44 Honduras' Supreme Court authorises extradition to the United States of former president Juan Orlando Hernández on drug-trafficking charges.
Violence in Latin America Mutilated bodies, gang wars shock once-peaceful Ecuador 03-03-2022 13:50 An intensifying drug war has shocked once-peaceful Ecuador with scenes of horrific violence.
CRIME & SECURITY Authorities identify substance cut with ‘contaminated cocaine’ that killed victims 12-02-2022 08:55 ‘Laced cocaine’ that killed 24 people in Buenos Aires Province was cut with carfentanil, a derivative of fentanyl and a powerful opiate.
CENTRAL AMERICA Honduras political crisis deepens ahead of president-elect's swearing-in 25-01-2022 18:18 Argentina's Vice-President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner due to attend president-elect Xiomara's Castro's swearing-in ceremony in two days.
DRUG-TRAFFICKING Russian court jails four in 2018 Argentine embassy luggage cocaine case 20-01-2022 14:36 A Russian court on Thursday sentenced four men to lengthy jail terms for trying to smuggle nearly 400 kilogrammes of cocaine in suitcases from the Russian Embassy in Argentina.
CRIME & SECURITY Ecuador's president declares state of emergency over drug violence 19-10-2021 09:13 Guillermo Lasso declares a state of emergency in the country grappling with a surge in drug-related violence and orders mobilisation of police and military.
COURTS, CRIME & SECURITY Rosario drug gang leader given 22-year jail term in seventh trial 01-10-2021 20:57 Ariel Máximo ’Guille’ Cantero, head of Los Monos drug gang, convicted for instigating seven attacks on judicial buildings, homes of prosecutors and judges.
DRUG VIOLENCE IN ROSARIO Aníbal Fernández hints at measures to tackle drug violence surge in Rosario 27-09-2021 13:49 Security Minister Aníbal Fernández says "important announcements" are on the way to tackle uptick in drug-related violence in Rosario.
LONG READ Colombia's illicit coca economy helps communities thrive 03-09-2021 00:01 In the mountains and jungles of southwestern Colombia, peasants and migrantstoil determinedly in fields of coca despite the dangers and persecution they suffer.
FEATURE Life in the crossfire of Venezuela's slums 26-07-2021 13:20 Confrontations between criminal gangs and security forces in some poor neighbourhoods of the Venezuelan capital have left locals fearing for their lives.
FARC Colombia militant jailed for 28 years for Ecuador press murders 11-06-2021 18:53 Gustavo Angulo Arboleda, also known as "Cherry", confessed to abducting and killing of two journalists and their driver on the border between Ecuador and Colombia.
POLICE OPERATION At least 25 killed in police drug raid in Rio slum, says Brazilian media 06-05-2021 15:45 A massive police operation against drug-traffickers in a Rio de Janeiro favela Thursday left at least 24 suspects and a policeman dead, according to reports.